The hardest game to predict is Cardiff/Newcastle. Most of the rest look pretty straightforward, but a lot of factors going into it. I think Cardiff will edge the Magpies, but just barely. Going to be a good game.

Last week, not one single player scored negative points. With both Manchester teams losing this week, a full quarter of the league took wounds ranging from a 'light splintering' to 'unwanted sexual attention from a donkey'. A -40 or -50 is usually enough to call attention to yourself, but this week the bar is much lower. Cameroncrazy1984 lodged a noteworthy -60 WITH a successful banker. Twins of shame dietbubba and Thunderchild gaped to -65's, incorporating -30s from MUFC Vs WBA that were so de rigueur this round. Scouserduck has people whispering behind his back, having recorded a seasons worst -70. In fact, lets give that score the debit it deserves. MINUS SEVENTY.

Eeyore!

A small number of hipsters decided negative scores were too mainstream for them. Stimied_in_a_Rut dragged in 100, just behind tom_servo_bit_me on 105. Top scorer of the round, and sprinting into first place we have wynswrld who brought in 130. With the only intact Max Banker left, wynswrld has the chance to increase his 100 point advantage over second and third placed nathanjr and Langston - or will the pressure tell?

Wherewolf and Darkwym operationalized WOPR strategy through not submitting predictions. 0 this week was a decent score. I distinguish between their 0s and Princips_Sandwich's zen.

The Bankers were massacred this week [if only]. Wynswrld takes the Presidency of the BB Club, which has very few members left now, with themanofpa, tom_servo_bit_me, Adubs86, chupacabra_sandwich and sachbash on 10s.

Tom_servo_bit_me gets his third mention of the week as highest climber, rising 12 places whilst Thunderchild drops 12. Norfolkingchance heads the top of Page 2, whilst Gonz_Hotspur clings onto the bottom of Page 1 by tiebreak.

Two of the top three are Arsenal. Two of the bottom three are Spurs. Most MUFC are on Page 2, but ¾ of NUFC are on Page 1.

Last week, not one single player scored negative points. With both Manchester teams losing this week, a full quarter of the league took wounds ranging from a 'light splintering' to 'unwanted sexual attention from a donkey'. A -40 or -50 is usually enough to call attention to yourself, but this week the bar is much lower. Cameroncrazy1984 lodged a noteworthy -60 WITH a successful banker. Twins of shame dietbubba and Thunderchild gaped to -65's, incorporating -30s from MUFC Vs WBA that were so de rigueur this round. Scouserduck has people whispering behind his back, having recorded a seasons worst -70. In fact, lets give that score the debit it deserves. MINUS SEVENTY.

Eeyore!

A small number of hipsters decided negative scores were too mainstream for them. Stimied_in_a_Rut dragged in 100, just behind tom_servo_bit_me on 105. Top scorer of the round, and sprinting into first place we have wynswrld who brought in 130. With the only intact Max Banker left, wynswrld has the chance to increase his 100 point advantage over second and third placed nathanjr and Langston - or will the pressure tell?

Wherewolf and Darkwym operationalized WOPR strategy through not submitting predictions. 0 this week was a decent score. I distinguish between their 0s and Princips_Sandwich's zen.

The Bankers were massacred this week [if only]. Wynswrld takes the Presidency of the BB Club, which has very few members left now, with themanofpa, tom_servo_bit_me, Adubs86, chupacabra_sandwich and sachbash on 10s.

Tom_servo_bit_me gets his third mention of the week as highest climber, rising 12 places whilst Thunderchild drops 12. Norfolkingchance heads the top of Page 2, whilst Gonz_Hotspur clings onto the bottom of Page 1 by tiebreak.

Two of the top three are Arsenal. Two of the bottom three are Spurs. Most MUFC are on Page 2, but ¾ of ...

Well last week was brutal. I take comfort in the fact it can't get any worse. Right?

City v Everton first up and dodgy keeper is still in place. Could be a close one

I do find the hilarity that Chelsea have wasted so much money on strikers, yet the two most in form strikers in the league in the last year have both been former and loaned Chelsea strikers. Why on earth they let Lukaku go on loan and why they insisted on trying to play Sturridge on the wing, I do not know.

In other news I am quite hungover and attending a beer festival later today so I will probably be hung over tomorrow as well. I also may have accidentally used the women's room last night while really drunk. No ladies were in the room at that time.

I found the matches really difficult to predict this week. The 3-1 to City gives me 10 points. Was I crazy to put my banker on United again?